ontic

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ontic

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From Ancient Greek ὄν (ón, “being, existing, essence”) (stem ὄντ- (ónt-)) + -ic.

adjective more ontic · most ontic

  1. Ontological.
  2. Pertaining to being, as opposed to pertaining to a theory of it (which would be ontological). My descriptions are ontical—addressing the world we inhabit, the what and where and how and why of objects therein; my questions are not ontological in the sense of struggling (vainly) to answer the question of the being of things tout court.

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adj pertaining to being

Españolóntico
日本語存在的
Portuguêsôntico
Françaisontique
Deutschontisch
Русскийонти́ческий ontíčeskij

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@misc{ontic_2026,
  title = {ontic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ontic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}